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Help! Can't Boot from CD on Acer Aspire 1800

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kayland Posts 3 Registration date Friday September 18, 2009 Status Member Last seen September 19, 2009 - Sep 19, 2009 at 12:06 PM
 Mr no boot - Mar 2, 2011 at 05:03 AM
Hello,
I want to reformat an acer aspire 1800. the 1st problem when the system boots up is starts checking files & folders on partition "D" and it takes a day or more to complete the scan; then it keeps its takes another day or more to load the personal settings which I just stop after 1 day because it was still loading. It's very very slow. I shut down the pc and put the recovery cd in but the system goes back to the same scan screen again. It doesn't boot from the cd so I can't reformat the drive. How do I get it to boot from the cd-rom. I went into setup to change the boot sequence to boot from cd 1st but cd isn't listed as a boot option. It has HDD, ODD, USB, PCI LAN as boot options to select from in that order.
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nomadcrys Posts 195 Registration date Tuesday November 18, 2008 Status Member Last seen January 29, 2010 48
Sep 19, 2009 at 02:39 PM
This is definitely a big problem...

1. Maybe your cd-drive is dead
2. Or you have a lot a data on your drives
3. Or your HDD is getting old
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kayland Posts 3 Registration date Friday September 18, 2009 Status Member Last seen September 19, 2009
Sep 19, 2009 at 02:59 PM
Yes, the "c" drive is packed. Everything has been going to the "c" drive. I tried deleting some of the files and moving the rest but the "C" is full of system updates.

How can I get it to boot from a cd? and can I wipe the complete drive, both partitions and reinstall the os on a single partition?
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Liam > kayland Posts 3 Registration date Friday September 18, 2009 Status Member Last seen September 19, 2009
Nov 13, 2009 at 07:16 AM
You may have a recovery console built into your system. when you switch your computer on, keep pressing alt and F10 and you should be directed to it. If not You could get a bootable copy of 'Super F-disk' and burn it to CD. Your computer will probably be able to boot from that because it is a very simple program. then, with that, you can format your hard drive or delete any partitions or whatever. after this you should be able to go back and install windows.
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Jetsada > Liam
Jan 29, 2010 at 03:55 AM
Liam, you are a legend! Spent hours trying different cds, trying to recover the machine in the rc console etc. Why this information isn't documented elsewhere I don't know!!

Thanks a lot!!
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Stephanie > Liam
Feb 1, 2010 at 08:25 PM
AWESOME ADVICE! I have been fighting with this machine for days!!!! Thank you.
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djk
Jul 7, 2010 at 09:15 AM
op cant boot
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Michael
Sep 3, 2010 at 05:11 AM
You rock Liam!
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